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Low awareness of DVLA safe driving guidelines among hospital doctors: New research published today by JRSM Open concludes

Low awareness of DVLA safe driving guidelines among hospital doctors: New research published today by JRSM Open concludes that medically disqualified patients may wrongly assume themselves fit to drive on discharge from hospital because of inadequate knowledge among doctors of DVLA guidelines relating...
Source: medicalxpress.com

This junior doctor contract puts patients in danger | Dan Poulter: Cutting the pay and worsening working conditions will

This junior doctor contract puts patients in danger | Dan Poulter: Cutting the pay and worsening working conditions will not attract new doctors to hard-to-recruit specialisms such as A&E. But more than that, it could compromise patient care
Source: theguardian.com

Blood-cleansing biospleen device developed for sepsis therapy: Things can go downhill fast when a patient has sepsis, a

Blood-cleansing biospleen device developed for sepsis therapy: Things can go downhill fast when a patient has sepsis, a life-threatening condition in which bacteria or fungi multiply in a patient's blood—often too fast for antibiotics to help. A new device inspired by the human spleen and developed...
Source: medicalxpress.com